C.J. Cox

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World Regional Geography
Europe

• C.J. Cox
• Instructor

Week 12
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Europe

• Ten Geographic Qualities
• Regions States
• Physical Geography
• Cultural Geography

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Ten Geographic Qualities

• 1. Europe is a world cultural center that once
  dominated global culture
• 2. Heart of European Empires for 2000 years

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Ten Geographic Qualities

• 3. Europe is a penninsular extension of Asia
• 4. Europe is roughly more than 1/2 the size of
  the US
• 5. Politically culturally fragmented into over
  30 countries

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Ten Geographic Qualities

• 6. Good water penetration with a number of rivers
  nine bodies of water surrounding Europe
• 7. Europe has some of the highest standards of
  living with varied resources, high levels of
  urbanization industrialization.
• 8. Varied complex landforms

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Ten Geographic Qualities

• 9. Centrally located between North American
  Asia
• 10. Diversity of Ethnic groups

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Relative Location of Europe
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Relative Location of Europe
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Relative Location of Europe
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Europe

• Ten Geographic Qualities
• Regions States
• Physical Geography
• Cultural Geography

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Regions of Europe

• The British Isles
• Western Europe
• Nordic Europe
• Mediterranean Europe
• Eastern Europe

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Europe

• Ten Geographic Qualities
• Regions States
• Physical Geography
• Cultural Geography

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Physical Geography of Europe

• Plate Tectonics
• Plateaus
• Deserts
• Mountains
• Rivers
• Lakes
• Climates

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Plate Tectonics
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Physical Geography of Europe

• Rivers
• Rhine
• Rhone
• Thames
• Danube

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Physical Geography of Europe

• Lakes
• Geneva

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Physical Geography of Europe

• Landforms
• Central uplands
• Alpine Mountains
• Western Uplands
• North European Plains

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Physical Geography of Europe

• Mountain Ranges
• Alps
• Pyrenees
• Appennines
• Pennines
• Kjolian Highlands
• Carpathians

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Physical Geography of Europe

• Mountains

Mt. Blanc
Eiger
Matterhorn
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Physical Geography of Europe

• Glacial Landforms

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Physical Geography of Europe

• Climates
• Europe is dominated by mid-latitutude moderate
  temperature climates
• marine west-coast in the north
• mediterrean in the south
• Snow Climates of Higher Elevations
• Ice Climates in highest mountain ranges

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Climates of Europe
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Vegetation Map
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Europe

• Ten Geographic Qualities
• Regions States
• Physical Geography
• Cultural Geography

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Cultural Geography of Europe

• Population
• Languages
• Religion
• Agriculture
• Economics
• Historical Geography

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Population Concentrations
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Population per square kilometer
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Cartogram of World Population
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Dot Density Map Showing World Population
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Cultural Geography of Europe

• Population
• One of worlds larger population concentrations
• 750 million in region
• concentrations on coasts rivers and in cities

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Europe

• Population Characteristics
• Birth rates 10/1000
• Death rates 11/1000
• Natural Increase -.1
• Infant Mortality 10/1000
• Doubling Time ----yrs
• Pop lt15 19
• Pop gt 65 14

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Cultural Geography of Europe

• Languages
• Indo European dominates the region

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Religions
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Religions
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Cultural Geography of Europe

• Religion
• Christianity Dominates the region
• Protestant Christianity in the north
• Catholic Christianity in the south
• Orthodox Christianity in the east

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Cultural Geography of Europe

• Religion
• Religious landscapes

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Koln Cathedral, Germany
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Cultural Geography of Europe

• Commercial Agriculture
• Commercial Ranching
• Commercial Diarying

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Cultural Geography of Europe

• Economy
• resource devoid
• manufacturing of imported resources
• skilled educated labor force

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Income levels
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Cities of Europe

• Cities are centers for manufacturing (secondary),
  services (tertiary) and information industries
  (quaternary)

Munich, Germany
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Paris, France
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Paris, France
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Monoco
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Brussels, Belguim
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Historical Geography
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Historical Geography

• Greek Roman Empires
• Middle Ages Feudal Period
• Crusades
• Protestant Reformation
• Age of Discovery Rennaisance
• Age of Exploration, Colonization
• 20th Century World Wars
• 21 Century European Union

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Europe

• Ten Geographic Qualities
• Regions States
• Physical Geography
• Cultural Geography

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World Regional Geography
Europe

• C.J. Cox
• Instructor

Week 12